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Love These Markers

I found these during my December Amazon Christmas Shopping Fest, and I think they’re nifty.

A hundred markers in a half-moon storage case that opens into a big circle of color.

It’s a lotta markers.

There are two of each color, fifty colors total.

I’ve always been really good at math!

Fifty colors…covers a lot of ground.

Our homeschool was sorely in need of this set of markers for two reasons: one, my boys draw/color constantly. They create pages and pages a day of action figures—Spider Man, Batman, Superman, Hulk, and a few Japanese fellas I’ve never heard of.

It’s all they do anymore. Except stink.

The other reason we needed this set is that it sits neatly in the center of our circular table…and it’s crystal clear where every color is supposed to go, because there’s a twin right next to each color’s spot. And for someone who spends more time picking up stray markers than she ever wanted to, I’m loving the built-in organization.

And now…and now I’d like to play a little game with my friends out there who need everything *just right*. Just look at this photo for a minute. Notice anything out of place?

Heh heh. It’s okay! You’ll get used to it!

Okay, okay, here. I fixed it. I was just messing with you a little.

And really, I’m just jealous. My house would appreciate it if I was a little more uncomfortable with disorder.

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Trish

How beautiful! I would hang that on the wall as art.

ClovenHoofedHeifer

Can’t beat the price with a stick. I love Amazon.

http://treasuringitup.blogspot.com Hannah @ Treasuring It Up

I had something like this when I was younger and loved it! But I hate to tell you, the built-in organization didn’t quite work I think they ended up in a bucket. However, that picture of the upside-down marker drove me bonkers. My mind craves organization but my life will not cooperate…

http://www.amandapfeifer.wordpress.com Amanda Pfeifer

What do you do with all their art?
Maybe you could post some of their work.. I’d love to see 🙂

I don’t remember where I got the idea, maybe here? But in case it was somewhere else- have you thought about photographing their art to make a photo book showcasing it all?

http://www.allgoodinmommyhood.com Jodie (www.allgoodinmommyhood.com)

My seven year old daughter would have an accident in her pants if she ever received these markers! She is always crafting, drawing and playing school. These are great!

http://www.cabinfeververmont.com Jen at Cabin Fever

Those look like the coolest markers you could get as a kid! My parents used to gift me a set of markers every single Christmas from ages four to twenty. I was so obsessed about the organization that I would have to put them back in the exact order they came from. No mixed matched colors for this kid.

We have already been through this wonderful set! I need to replace it.

http://nutsycoco.blogspot.com Nutsy Coco

Thank goodness you fixed that one marker!! My OCD couldn’t handle it that way 🙂

http://debbidoesdinnerhealthy.blogspot.com/ Debbi Does Dinner Healthy

My daughter is jealous! She would LOVE this! She loves organization like this. Of course, her brothers would come along and mess it up which would drive her crazy. That’s what brothers are for, huh!

Carol

Not only do my children NEVER put anything back the way it goes, in the nifty little spot created just for that item, they have a love for taking the lids off markers and putting them back on the wrong markers, so the colors don’t match up. It bothers me. Apparently, not them. 🙂

http://hurricaneranch.blogspot.com Heidi

Those are way cool! What are the things in the middle though, fat markers? I couldn’t tell from the Amazon site. My kids would love those, we also go through paper seemingly by the caseload for their multitudes of drawings, paintings, and various crafts. Sometimes it seems silly adding an official art course to our lesson plans since they’re already doing so much. And I totally know what would happen with these – they’d wind up just like the hundreds of crayons that start their year in the tidy little Crayola boxes, but swiftly migrate to the crayon basket. Cest la vie!

Lauren

These look amazing! I would love these! I am looking forward to the day I can buy stuff like this – right now we are still in the washable only stage, at least until my youngest is a little older. Which seriously cramps our color style!

Rose D.

Pretty! I will probably be getting these for my niece, especially because they are washable! What are those 8 short, fat things in the center though? Amazon doesn’t say…

http://www.se7en.org.za se7en

One word: DROOL!!! How often I want to relocate because of the cool stuff you show us!!!

http://foodgoodlaundrybad.blogspot.com/ Evin Cooper

THANK YOU! Well, my son thanks you! I just email the amazon link to my honey and he whipped out his credit card and ordered it on the spot. My 6 year old is going to go ape-poop!

stuckinmypedals

Ooh, so pretty. Did you know that when markers dry up you can dip them in water and draw with them and they turn out like watercolors? In my classroom we have a basket where we save our dried up markers for painting. My students love it and it gives us one more use before we throw the marker away for good.

http://www.timecrafted.blogspot.com Karen

Brave woman. The kidlets have access to a few thousand crayons, oodles of colored pencils, glue, scissors, and even paints, but for some reason, I’m deathly afraid of letting them have free reign with markers! I know, I know, paint tends to make a bigger mess than markers. Unless, of course, you’ve seen your child come home from school with a face & jeans covered in the day’s use of markers….just about every time markers are used. So, yea, I can’t seem to bring myself to leave markers out for creating without supervision. I’m going to sign off now…..before said children see this post!!! lol

Trish

It looks like they are “broad-tip” markers from the picture of the package!

http://homegrowncountrygirlfood.blogspot.com homegrown countrygirl

Ha ha!!! Hannah, you cracked me up! Ain’t it the truth?!

Valerie

Pretty, but will they last? I bought a set of Marvy markers at the local craft store for $9 a pack. Bought a set of the Stampin’ Up markers at the same time (cost was more than double). Couple years later… the Marvys (stored in the same location as the Stampin’ Up ones) were dry and useless, the Stampin’ Up ones were as juicy as they were on day one. They are now 13 years old, and STILL perfect. (I tossed all the Marvy markers a few years ago.)

http://www.queenofwhirled.com Queen of Whirled

I was wondering the same thing.

Laurie O. - WI

I’m not positive, but I think the markers in the middle are for gently blowing the color onto paper…….. It can create a specked effect or can lightly color an area.

Nancy

Definitely looks like a piece of art itself. Is there not a brown marker in that set? I see an olive color, maybe a light tan? My son has to have brown. LOL

http://www.chickenblog.com Natalie V2

Is it a primal urge… the lust for all the colors, for new Crayolas?
These look so fun and inviting. I love art supplies and office supplies, and the first hit of inspiration that comes from breaking open a new journal, a fresh pen!

Trigirl

My OCD picked out the flipped marker on the first photo!
This looks like an awesome set to have for little and big kids alike. Wish my nephew was old enought to use them.
Thanks for sharing all your great finds with us.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!